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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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